An Account of Sitting Bull's Deathby James McLaughlinIndian Agent at Standing Rock Reservation(1891)

The following graphic and,reliable account of the death of Sitting Bull and of the circumstances attending it will be read with interest by many readers. It was written by Major James McLaughlin, who for many years has occupied the post of Indian…

The Ghost Dance Among the Lakota

We drove to this spot about 10.30 oclock on a delightful October day. We came upon tents scattered here and there in low, sheltered places long before reaching the dance ground. Presently we saw over three hundred tents placed in a circle,…

"For fifty years I have been kicked around. Today there is a hard winter coming. I do not know whether I am to keep warm, or whether to live, and the chance is I might starve to death."~Dewey Beard's 1955 testimony before Congress at age 97…

Sassafras's note: This morning I was out mining the web as I am prone to do when I'm fumbling with my coffee and trying to get the sleep out of my eyes when I found two Nez Perce portraits and a brief mention of their journey to find the Black Book (Bible)...

“Education is your greatest weapon. With education you are the white man's equal, without education you are his victim and so shall remain all of your lives. Study, learn, help one another always. Remember there is only poverty and misery in idleness and dreams - but in work there is self respect and independence.” ~Chief Plenty Coups

"My Children - Permit me to call you so, as I am an old man and have lived a long time, watching the well being of this Nation. I love your lives, and wish our people to increase on the land of our fathers. The bill before you is to punish wicked men, who may arise to cede away our country contrary to the consent of the Council. It is a good law-it will not kill the innocent but the guilty. I feel the importance of the subject, and am glad the law has been suggested.

"Clans are the Seneca's traditional social unit. Clans are groups of families that share a common female ancestry which are named after animals that provided special assistance to the Seneca. They are divided into two categories, birds and animals.